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The Pater noster.

Our vnblessinge.

In nomine of whome do we our workes beginne?
Patris, nay God knoweth to much we do sinne,
Et filij his wisedome so small we esteme,
Et spiritus sancti, his grace eke so litle deme,
Amen, we can not saye till we amende, and then
Being turned, enioying grace, then may we saye Amen.
Pater noster, to God dayly we do call,
But lord, qui es in cœlis, alas fro the we do fall:
Sanctificetur, If all oure liuinges were,
Nomen tuum, in more honour should appeare.
Adueniat, say we, but what must it be,
Regnum tuum, nay lorde fro that farre be we:
Fiat, as we lust in our couetousnes,
Voluntas tua, therby to transgresse,
Sicut fro this worlde we should neuer go,
Our hartes is on earth, and not in cȩlo:
Et in terra, couetous hartes are so set,
That panem nostrum scarsly we can get,
Quotidianum, great hunger poore folke sustaine,


Da nobis hodie they crye, but it is in vaine.
Et dimitte nobis, our synnes howe can we say,
When debita nostra we force not to pay.
Sicut et nos, deserue lorde rewarde not vs,
But forgeue vs our sinnes more then dimittimus,
Debitoribus nostris, graunt vs grace to forgeue,
Et ne nos inducas lorde as our selues wold lyue,
In tentationem most greuously we fall,
Sed libera nos by grace, and then we shall,
A malo, be sure defended to be.
That God wyll heare our prayers, amen say we.